William P. Jencks

28.4k citations
325 papers · 24.8k · 8 hit papers · h-index 84

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    • Chemical Reaction Mechanisms 109
    • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions 19
    • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis 28
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 25
    • Ion channel regulation and function 19

William P. Jencks

321 papers receiving 21.9k citations

William P. Jencks's Hit Papers

A primer for the Bema Hapothle. An empirical approach to the characterization of changing transition-state structures 1985 · 500 citations
5000+22+44Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k2.5k

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William P. Jencks
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  • Organic Chemistry 10.6k
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 3.1k
  • Spectroscopy 3.9k
  • Biochemistry 1.5k
  • Molecular Biology 13.4k
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Catalysis in chemistry and enzymology
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19692833
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Entropic Contributions to Rate Accelerations in Enzymic and Intramolecular Reactions and the Chelate Effect
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1971898
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On the attribution and additivity of binding energies
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1981795
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Binding Energy, Specificity, and Enzymic Catalysis: The Circe Effect
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1975759
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A primer for the Bema Hapothle. An empirical approach to the characterization of changing transition-state structures
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1985500
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General acid-base catalysis of complex reactions in water
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1972430
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The Effect of Compounds of the Urea-Guanidinium Class on the Activity Coefficient of Acetyltetraglycine Ethyl Ester and Related Compounds1
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1965397
9 1980355
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Reactivity of Nucleophilic Reagents toward Esters
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1960350
11 1965309
12 1968305
13 1974300
14 1963286
15 1981272
16 1968252
17 1977234
18 1977233
19 1963186
20 1961180

About William P. Jencks

William P. Jencks is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, having authored 325 papers that have together received 24.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (109 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (30 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (28 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (27 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (25 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (20 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (19 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (10.6k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (3.1k citations), Spectroscopy (3.9k citations), Biochemistry (1.5k citations) and Molecular Biology (13.4k citations). William P. Jencks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Eugene H. Cordes, Michael I. Page, Dwight R. Robinson, Mary. Gilchrist, Daniel Herschlag, John P. Richard, Arnold C. Satterthwait, Michael J. Gresser, Roland G. Kallen and Julius A. Gordon. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology.

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